SIxth album by British left-wing Industrial group Bourbonese Qualk who created a unique mix of harsh electronica and beautiful melodies

Bourbonese Qualk were an experimental music group from England who where active from 1979 until 2003. The group were always obsessively and uncompromisingly focused on controlling their work - they ran their own record label, recording studio, tour organisation and music venue (the legendary 'Ambulance Station') - they refused to integrate into the commercial music racket turning down publishing deals from major labels - stubbornly opting for total independence. Bourbonese Qualk were also known for their political activism which was formed in the crucible of the 1980s Britain. They saw their music as a revolutionary cultural force - a belief that radical musical forms must be part of positive social change. Despite this position, the group avoided dogma, cliché and propaganda, preferring to let their audience come to their own conclusions - their work was often ambiguous and directly critical of cynical power-politics of any colour - often irritating members of the traditional 'organised left'. In 1984 Bourbonese Qualk occupied a large empty building on the Old Kent Road in South London which they turned into a base for their activities and a co-operative for artists, musicians and writers as well as a centre for radical political activism - specifically as a co-ordinating centre for the 'Stop The City' anti-capitalist riots of 1984-1986. They never recorded in a 'proper' studio (not that they could ever afford to), choosing instead to work with their own extremely basic equipment If Bourbonese Qualk have a legacy, it is that 'culture' should be reclaimed, re-defined and owned by the people, wherever they are, however small and not by the state or the market and that 'culture' is a vital vehicle for debate and radical change. My Government Is My Soul was the band's sixth album, originally released by Fünfundvierzig in Germany in 1989.

Track Listing

• Guilt
• Let It Go
• Ton Ton Macoute
• Forget The Past
• Know Your Enemy
• Éist
• Knock
• Murmur
• Keep Pushing
• Trapped
• Decide
• The Last Thing We Have Is Choice
• Deviance Amplification Spiral
• Volve
• This Will Fall
• According To Plan
• Let It Go (Mix)
• This Will Fall (Mix)

Additional Details

Label: Klanggalerie

Genre: Industrial

Language: English

Run Time: 50:05 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/03/26

UPC: 5052571227428